Housing conditions in Western Siberia in the second half of the 19th — early 20th century by Yu.M. Goncharov

“…Rapid population growth often resulted in slum development. Urban planning reflects new trends, intensi-fied following the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which helped overcome the economic and cultural isolation from the central regions of the Empire.…”
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Determinants of inequality in health care seeking for childhood illnesses: insights from Nairobi informal settlements by Nicholas Ngomi, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Thaddaeus Egondi, Pamela A. Marinda, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu

“…Methods: Data from the second Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey (NCSS 2012) was examined. The inequality in seeking health care for childhood diarrhea as the prototype illness was assessed using concentration index (CI). …”
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Participatory process for mapping socio-environmental determinants of health by community agents: Contributions to urban management and planning by Renata Ferraz de Toledo, Ana Paula Koury, Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho, Francisco Nilson Paiva dos Santos

“…This article reports the mapping of socio-environmental determinants of health, carried out by community health agents from the community of Paraisópolis, the second-largest slum in the city of São Paulo (state of São Paulo), seeking to analyze potential contributions of this participatory process to urban management and planning. …”
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Developing Community-Based Palliative Care for Children: A Community Case Study from an Urban Informal Settlement in Bangladesh by Mostofa Kamal Chowdhury, Maryam Bezzahou, Marufa Khanom, Megan Doherty

“…Context: This community case study describes the implementation of an innovative model of community-based palliative care program in and urban informal settlement, (Korail Slum, Bangladesh). The program is led by a local government hospital, with experience in community-based palliative care, in partnership with the local community. …”
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HIV-related risk behaviours and the correlates among rickshaw pullers of Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using probability sampling by Ravari Shahrzad, Zamani Saman, Ono-Kihara Masako, Hoque Md Hafiz, Kihara Masahiro

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Six hundred rickshaw pullers were randomly selected from rickshaw garages in the Kamrangirchar area, the single largest slum cluster of Dhaka, Bangladesh, during March–April 2008 using the Proportion Probability to Size method. …”
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Long-term adherence to antiretroviral treatment and program drop-out in a high-risk urban setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study. by Christian Unge, Björn Södergård, Gaetano Marrone, Anna Thorson, Abigael Lukhwaro, Jane Carter, Festus Ilako, Anna Mia Ekström

“…BACKGROUND: Seventy percent of urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa live in slums. Sustaining HIV patients in these high-risk and highly mobile settings is a major future challenge. …”
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The interrelationships of sustainable livelihood capital assets deprivations and asset based social policy interventions: The case of Addis Ababa informal settlement areas, Ethiopi... by Gizachew Berhanu, Solomon Mulugeta Woldemikael, Ephrem Gebremariam Beyene

“…The case study area was from two informal settlements of Addis Ketema sub-city Wereda 07 (the inner-city slum) and kolfe keranyo sub-city Wereda 03 (peri-urban). …”
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Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh by Md. Abdul Fattah, Syed Riad Morshed, Md. Mojammel Hoque, Md. Fazle Rabbi, Irin Akter Dola

“…Also illustrated the impacts on the attainment of SDGs in the context of the slums of Chittagong City. Design/methodology/approach – Both qualitative and quantitative data have been collected from the 150 respondents through questionnaire surveys in the slums. …”
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of “last mile” adolescents: a scoping review by Nahela Nowshin, Lydia Kapiriri, Colleen M. Davison, Sheila Harms, Betty Kwagala, Miriam G. Mutabazi, Anne Niec

“…We conceptualised “last mile” adolescents as having two or more of the following factors of identity: refugee, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, out of school, rurally or remotely located, slum dwelling, incarcerated or previously incarcerated, HIV/AIDS infected, and living with a disability. …”
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Hospital-based surveillance of enteric parasites in Kolkata by Ghosh Mrinmoy, Rajendran Krishnan, Bhattacharya Mihir, Chowdhury Punam, Mukherjee Avik, Ganguly Sandipan

“…The GIS study revealed that parasites were more prevalent in areas such as Tangra, Tiljala and Rajarhat, which are mainly slum areas. Because most of the population surveyed was in the lower income group, consumption of contaminated water and food could be the major underlying cause of parasitic infestations.…”
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Strategies for the Preservation of Historic Areas within Existing Middle Eastern Cities: The Case of Historic Jeddah by Mohammed Aloshan, Islam Elghonaimy, Essam Mesbah, Moustafa Gharieb, Khaled Mahmoud Heba, Mohammed Humaid Alhumaid

“…This program includes the removal of unplanned and slum areas around historic Jeddah without developing a clear master plan for what will replace them. …”
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REMOTE SENSING AND MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF URBAN EXPANSION (CASE OF DARKHAN CITY, MONGOLIA) by P. Myagmartseren, D. Ganpurev, I. Myagmarjav, G. Byambakhuu, G. Dabuxile, G. Dabuxile

“…Our result estimates an increase in the built-up area and slum area during the period 1999–2009 and 2009–2019, represents LUCC was characterized by an external transformation from natural to urban area. …”
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Spatial Epidemiology of COPD in Delhi, India by Arun Kumar Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Narinder Kumar Saini, Chirashree Ghosh, Sagnik Dey, Palak Balyan

“…Most of the spatial hotspots were seen in industrial and slum areas. Similarly, Kernel density was also highest in industrial area. …”
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Solar disinfection improves drinking water quality to prevent diarrhea in under-five children in Sikkim, India by B B Rai, Ranabir Pal, Sumit Kar, Dechen C Tsering

“…Materials and Methods: This was a population-based interventional prospective study in the urban slum area of Mazegoan, Jorethang, south Sikkim, during the period 1 st May 2007 to 30 th November 2007 on 136 children in the under-five age group in 102 households selected by random sampling. …”
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Superspreaders: A Lurking Danger in the Community by Ritin Mohindra, Arushi Ghai, Rinnie Brar, Neha Khandelwal, Manisha Biswal, Vikas Suri, Kapil Goyal, Mini P. Singh, Ashish Bhalla, Kirtan Rana, P. V. M. Lakshmi

“…The index case was a 33 year old male who resided in a low income settlement comprising of rehabilitated slum dwellers and worked as a healthcare worker (HCW) in a tertiary care hospital and had tested positive for COVID-19.On contact tracing, he had a total of 125 contacts, of which 49 COVID-19 infections had direct or indirect contact with the index case, qualifying him as a “superspreader.” …”
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DARI SAMPAH MENJADI UPAH: INOVASI PENGOLAHAN SAMPAH DI TINGKAT AKAR RUMPUT KASUS PROGAM BANK SAMPAH ‘SENDU’ DI KELURAHAN PASAR MINGGU JAKARTA SELATAN (Earning from Waste: Grass Roo... by Haryo Winarso, Annissa Larasati

“…This “Bank” not only has been able to solve waste problem in slum areas but also able to create addition earning to urban poors.…”
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Cost-effectiveness of increased contraceptive coverage using family planning benefits cards compared with the standard of care for young women in Uganda by Elly Nuwamanya, Joseph B. Babigumira, Mikael Svensson

“…In the base case, a sexually active woman from an urban slum, aged 18 to 30 years, was modelled over a one-year time horizon from both the modified societal and provider perspectives. …”
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Pre-hospital emergency care system: Utilization of ambulance services in Nairobi county by Felistus Ndanu Musyoka, Abdushakur Ndolo Kioko

“…Data tools were pretested at Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a populous slum in Nairobi County. Approval to carry out the study was granted by the Ministry of Health, Kenya. …”
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Knowledge of tuberculosis among female sex workers in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh: a cross sectional study by Md. Masud Rana, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Sheikh MoinUddin, Md. Abdul Wadood, Md. Golam Hossain

“…Results Out of 225 FSWs, 43.1, 34.7 and 22.2% came from urban, rural and slum areas respectively. More than 41% FSWs perceived that TB is a non-communicable disease. …”
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Care-seeking practices for non-communicable chronic conditions in a low-income neighborhood in Southern India. by Nilanjan Bhor

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study is conducted at Kadugondanahalli-a low-income neighborhood with the presence of a recognized slum, in Bengaluru city. A total of twenty in-depth interviews are conducted with individuals diagnosed with non-communicable chronic conditions. …”
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